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Happy Springtime! Our State of Jefferson is Old School America A Brief History of The State of Jefferson Written by Gail Jenner United We STAND. Today’s State of Jefferson refers to portions of Southern Oregon and Northern California. Originally this region represented the "second half" or "northern mines" of the famous gold rush of 1849-50, but it never received the kind of historical reference that the Sierra Mother Lode did, even though it contributed as much, if not more, to the coffers of the two states. Moreover, the region was easily overlooked after the gold rush, since it continued to be less populated and more rural than the remainder of the two states. Because the people who have settled along the northern boundary of California and the southern boundary of Oregon have always been of an independent nature, it seems fitting that this region has attempted, on numerous occasions, to create a new state, not just in name or principle, but in reality as well. The principle is not a new one, however, but has its roots in the area’s history. In 1852, a bill to create a new state died in committee. On Dec. 19, 1853, THE DAILY ALTA OF CALIFORNIA of San Francisco suggested that Northern California and Southern Oregon could both benefit if a ‘new state’ could be created. Some suggested it be called ‘Klamath.’ Others suggested the name "Jackson." At a meeting held on January 7, 1854, in Jacksonville, Oregon, Lafayette F. Mosher spoke about a state of ‘Jackson.’ Unfortunately, as the son-in-law of General Lane, with well-known pro-slavery and anti-Indian beliefs, the proposed state’s identity was tainted by prejudice and unfounded fear. In 1854-55, the State Assembly tried to split California into three states: "Shasta" to the north, "Colorado" in the middle, and "California" to the south. But the Senate let the bill lapse. In 1877-78, some again pushed for "Shasta" in the north, but the U. S. Congress vetoed the proposal. By the fall of 1941, most communities in and around the region were behind the idea of secession. In a contest held by the Siskiyou Daily News, the name "State of Jefferson" was officially born. Several Oregon and California counties joined in. In order to garner attention, a protest was staged along Highway 99 near Yreka. Members of Yreka’s 20-30 Club stopped cars and passed out a declaration and pledged to secede every Thursday until the State of Jefferson became recognized as a state. The movement gained momentum and Stanton Delaplane won the Pulitzer Prize writing about the conditions leading up to The State of Jefferson’s "official" secession. A gubernatorial race was held, complete with a parade and speeches and even a dancing bear, but then, on December 7th, 1941, the N bombing of Pearl Harbor took precedence over the region’s rebellion. Even today, the dream lives on for this unrealized, some might even say, mystical State of Jefferson. With majestic Mt. Shasta at its heart, and the Cascades forming its backbone, the region’s wild rivers and rugged peaks both E isolate and, at times, insulate its residents from the more populated outside W world. Ranching, mining and logging have been its traditional source of wealth, but now recreation and tourism compete as major industries. But it’s the people who reside here that make the greatest contribution to the character of the region. S Pole Barn & Repairs Mobile Home Foundations Shops & Garages Steel Buildings Out Buildings Concrete Work

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Page 3 UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday April 9-10, 2016 Friday May 6, 2016 Roses and Rust Vintage Market Siskiyou County Search and Rescue Anderson, CA Annual Tri Tip Dinner www.rosesandrustvintagemarket.com Montague, CA Scott Valley Theatre Co. (530) 356-7480 (530) 524-7278 - AD on Page 33. April 14-16, 2016 May 9-10, 2016 UPCOMING EVENTS: Shasta College/California Native Special Mother’s Day Wine Festival Plant Society Spring Plant Sale Gold Beach, OR Redding, CA www.wildriverscoastwinefestival.com Melodrama “Common Cent’s or What’s In Store” (530) 221-0906 (541)-247-0923 April 2nd & 3rd SVB @ The Avery Series To Benefit See Page 35 for story. The Avery Theatre Saturday May 21, 2016 April 15-17, 2016 Scott Valley Quilt Guild - Quilt Show Scott Valley Children’s Talent Show (Fort Jones 95th Annual Red Bluff Round Up Etna, CA Red Bluff, CA www.scottvalleyquiltguild.com Elementary) April 14th 15th & 16th Community Event www.redbluffroundup.com (530) 527-1000 For More Quilt Shows and Quilting Scott Valley Children’s Talent Show Info see Page 20. (Etna Elementary) - April 21st 22nd & 23rd Saturday April 16, 2016 Community Event 14th AnnualFort Jones Coffee Concert Saturday May 28, 2016 Fort Jones, CA Art of Survival Century Bicycle Event (530) 468-5211 or 598-9191 Tulelake, CA & Klamath Falls, OR A Night Of Elvis April 29th Community Event See Page 8 for story. www.survivalcentury.com (541) 723-3181 See Story on Page 16. Acoustic Night May 7th SVB @ The Avery Series Sunday April 17, 2016 To Benefit Madrone Hospice CASA Superhero Run Memorial Day Weekend Yreka, CA Saturday May 28, 2016 Idance Show May 13th & 14th Community Event See Page 13 for all the info. Dogwood Daze Dunsmuir, CA April 22-23, 2016 www.dunsmuir.com (530) 235-2177 The Little Woody - Barrel Aged Beer, See Page 38 for details. **Tickets available at most Scott Valley Bank locations. Cider & Whiskey Festival Medford, OR Saturday May 28, 2015 www.roguebrewfest.com McCloud Mushroom Festival (541) 323-0964 McCloud, CA www.mccloudchamber.com Avery Memorial Theatre Saturday April 23, 2016 (530) 964-3113 Honoring Women Veterans Event 430 Main Street - Etna, CA 96027 (530) 598-0989 Yreka, CA June 2-5, 2016 See Page 6 for Flyer. Mendocino Film Festival Mendocino, CA www.scottvalleytheatrecompany.org Sunday April 24, 2016 www.mendocinofilmfestival.com Gazelle Grange & Firemens BBQ (707) 937-0171 Gazelle, CA See Page 24 for Flyer. Saturday June 4, 2016 Redding’s Reggae Fest 2 Saturday April 30, 2016 Redding, CA Fishermen’s Breakfast www.sightnsoundpro.com Dunsmuir, CA www.dunsmuir.com Saturday June 4, 2016 Let’em Know (530) 235-2177 Rogue Brews, Burgers & Bluegrass See Page 38 for details. Medford, OR www.roguebbb.com Sunday May 1, 2016 (541) 897-0612 You Found Them 69th Annual Scott Valley Pleasure Park Rodeo Sunday June 5, 2016 Etna, California Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival in Jefferson Backroads! See Page 25 for Flyer. Hawkinsville, CA Find them on Facebook. See Page 34 for details.

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5 ADVERTISING Rates and Publication Information 22 BREW PUBS - Breweries, Tap Houses & Pubs in The State of Jefferson We love to surround your business ADs 10-11 BUTTE VALLEY CHAMBER - Businesses with cool local information, amazing 4 Calendar of Some Local and Area Upcoming Events events, interesting histories and stories 38 Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce Local Events Calendar 2016 of our many Mom & Pop businesses operating 15 Dunsmuir Railroad Depot & Museum News & Events here in our Extreme Northern California and 16 EVENT: Art of Survival Century Bicycle Event coming up in May Southern Oregon “State of Jefferson” region. 27 EVENT: Cycle Siskiyou Bicycle Event Schedule 8 EVENT: Fort Jones Coffee Concert 24 EVENT: Gazelle Grange & Firemens BBQ 34 EVENT: Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival coming to Hawkinsville in June Check out our friendly AD rates below. 29 EVENT: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet Schedule Give us a call or send us an email to get YOUR 32-33 EVENT: Siskiyou County Search and Rescue Dinner business AD and events into our next issue of 6 EVENT: Siskiyou County Women Veterans Event Jefferson Backroads... Welcome to 29 EVENT: Siskiyou Sports Car Club - Auto Cross Racing Schedule The Happy Little Publication. 2 & 39 Maps of Siskiyou County and The State of Jefferson Region 20-21 Quilting & Hand-Crafting Stories, Quilt Shows, Local Shoppes & Classes THANK YOU!! 7 Senior Services & Information This happy little local publication is made 18 STORY: “Discovering The State of Jefferson” by Gail Jenner possible ONLY thanks to our Honored Advertisers 31 STORY: “Historical Markers in our Region” by Bill Wensrich who graciously place their ADs with us. 12 STORY: “Pioneer Stories” by Jennifer Bryan, GSSC Our beloved writers, readers and subscribers 36 STORY: “Ron McCloud” by Ron McCloud complete the circle... Please take a moment to let 35 STORY: “Shasta College Plant Sale for Scholarships” in Redding in April these generous businesses know you saw their Ads and stories in Jefferson Backroads. 20 STORY: “Stitching in the Ditch” Quilting Story by Judy Sartor It really DOES make a difference! 28 STORY: “Tales from the Trail” by One Badass Musher: April Cox 7 Veterans Services & Information 2016 Advertising Rates Cover Photo - Our Lovely Scott River taken in AD SIZES & RATES PER MONTH - 3 month AD run early March 2016 after some much needed rains - by M. Fain

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email: [email protected] All content © 2010-2016 by Jefferson Backroads. All Rights Reserved. Page 5 Honoring Women Veterans Siskiyou County Veteran’s Leadership Council Cordially Invite All Women Veterans and Active Duty Military Women To a Day of Pampering, Workshops and Information

Saturday, April 23, 2016 Decision Life Church 203 Wetzel Way Yreka, CA

1000 -1030 Welcome and sign up for the day’s events 1030 - 1230 Seminars, Massages, Facials, ……… 1230 - 1330 Lunch

1330 - 1400 Guest Speaker (530) 842-8010 1400 - 1500 Presentations Call for information.

Page 6 SENIOR & VETERAN SERVICES

SENIOR SERVICES

Greenhorn Grange Veterans Services & Benefits Include: Yreka, CA (530) 842-0622 Compensation/Disability Pension/Aid & Attendance Happy Camp Family Resource Center Medical/Healthcare Vocational Rehabilitation Happy Camp, CA (530) 493-5117 Educational benefits Burial/Death benefits Home Loan Eligibility Obtain Military Records/Medals Happy Camp Senior Center Happy Camp, CA (530) 493-2508 Siskiyou County Veterans Service Office Madrone Hospice Yreka, CA (530) 842-3907 105 E Oberlin Road - Yreka, CA 96097 Phone: (530) 842-8010 Fax: 841-4314 Meals on Wheels and Veteran’s Services Dorris, CA (530) 397-2273

Mt. Shasta Senior Nutrition Mt. Shasta, CA (530) 926-4611 Chinese Proverb: "If you give a man a fish Scott Valley Community Lunch Program you feed him for a day. Valley Oaks Senior Center: 468-2904 Etna United Methodist Church: 467-3612 If you teach a man to fish Scott Valley Family Resources: 468-2450 you feed him for a lifetime." Scott Valley Berean Church: 467-3715

Page 7 Fort Jones Coffee Concert Fort Jones United Methodist Church will be presenting the 14th annual Coffee Concert on April 16, The Historic Fort Jones United 2016 at the Fort Jones Community Center. The evening will start with a silent pie auction at 6:30 pm with program at 7:00. For those who are reading about Methodist Church presents their this for the first time, our pies are home made. Scott Valley women are known for their baking prowess. Many musicians, from the Valley and surrounding 14th Annual Coffee Concert communities will be participating, so you don't want to miss a really good show. The first Concert was held in the main room of the Date: April 16, 2016 Church. We stacked pews at the back of the room and set up card tables for our guests. Refreshments were served Time: 7 to 9:30 pm. with glass tea sets on white tablecloths with a centerpiece Place: At the Fort Jones Community Center in the middle. We continued to use the tea sets until we moved to the Community Center and we could not get Info: Call (530) 468-5211 or 598-9191 enough tea sets for everyone. We have tried to set a nice table with really good refreshments. We would like to thank everyone who has come to A donation of $10.00 will buy you a ticket to enjoy music and these Concerts in the past and we hope many more of you refreshments. Tickets available March 15. Limited Seating... will be coming to this Concert. We appreciate your support of our 142 year old Church. This year we hope to use the profits to replace the roof on the entry/front porch Fresh homemade pies will be sold by of the Church. Tickets go on sale March 15th, so buy early as there silent auction from 6:30 to 7:00 pm. is limited seating. You may contact Harriet at 468-5211 or Sanova at 598-9191. ♦

in tiny batches on our vintage 1936 Mean Gene’s Gas roaster and delivered weekly to finer cafes and groceries in the North State. Fuel and Oil Distributor NORTHBOUND C O F F E E R O A S T E R S www.northboundcoffee.com Scott Valley, CA

Dave Duerr MOUNTAIN VILLAGE PARK, INC. 6737 N. Hwy. 3 - RV Park Call to set up PO Box 534 - Store - Self-Storage Fort Jones, CA 96032 NIGHTLY CABIN RENTAL Local Delivery 530-468-5444 30 Commercial Way PO Box 30 Etna, CA 96027 PRODUCTS: Gasoline, Red Diesel, Highway Diesel, (530) 467-5678 Jim Hendricks www.etnarvp.com Kerosene, Oil and we now carry Wood Pellets. Owner email: [email protected] Page 8 A Few Wineries in The State of Jefferson Region Come Meet the New Owners! Alger Vineyards, Tehama Co., Ca. Alpen Cellars, Trinity Co., Ca. Anselmo Vineyards, Shasta Co., Ca. Brandy Peak Distillery, Curry Co., Or. Bridgeview Vineyards, Douglas Co., Or. Delicious Charbroiled Burgers Burnsini Vineyards and Winery, Tehama Co., Ca. Fries & Great Shakes! Butter Creek Ranch Vineyard, Trinity Co., Ca. Smoked BBQ Pulled Pork Pet-Friendly Patio Dining Dogwood Cellars, Mendocino Co., Ca. Dine In or Take Out Handley Cellars, Mendocino Co., Ca. Open Daily 11-7 Matson Vineyards, Shasta Co., Ca. Closed Sunday Melrose Vineyards, Douglas Co., Or. 5942 Dunsmuir Avenue Merlo Family Estate Vineyards, Trinity Co., Ca. Dunsmuir, California Misty Oaks Vineyard, Douglas Co., Or. (530) 235-2902 Moonstone Crossing Winery, Humboldt Co., Ca. New Clairvaux Vineyard, Tehama Co., Ca. One Maple Winery, Trinity Co., Ca. Pacific Star Winery, Mendocino Co., Ca. Ringtail Vineyards, Tehama Co., Ca. River’s Edge Winery, Douglas Co., Or. Kimball’s RoxyAnn Winery, Jackson Co., Or. Auto Body & Paint Schmidt Family Vineyards, Josephine Co., Or. Brett Kimball, Owner 108 Davis Road Yreka, CA 96097 - (530) 842-9484 Sea Mist Winery, Coos Co., Oregon Shasta Daisy Vineyard, Tehama Co., Ca. Shasta View Vineyards, Siskiyou Co., Ca. Stringer's Orchard Wild Plum Winery, Modoc Co., Ca. Violet-Green Winery, Humboldt Co., Ca. Weisinger’s of Ashland, Jackson Co., Or. Woolridge Creek Vineyard, Jackson Co., Or.

** See Page 2 for map of The State of Jefferson to locate the Counties.

Page 9 Page 10 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Butte Valley Establishments

Only wood-fired pizza oven in Discount Liquor, case pricing, Discount Southern Oregon & Northern California! Tobacco, Mini-mart, Hot Sandwiches Gourmet Pizzas as well as our Open 7 days a week regular sumptuous menu. Highway 97. Dorris (530) 397-7466 Dorris, California 530-397-2097

Best Authentic Mexican Food in Town! Delicious Food Prepared with Love. Open Monday thru Saturday 8am - 8pm Located on Hwy. 97 across from On Highway 97 in Dorris the Giant American flag in Dorris (530) 397-2390 530-397-5493

A network of 5 small health centers Main Street, Dorris/Fuel Local Telephone Service Provides access to TOTAL 530-397-7697 DSL & Wireless Internet health care. 24/7 Towing 530-397-2701 Life Line Services Butte Valley phone: 530-397-8411 Main Office 530-938-1110 (530) 397-2211 www.mtnvalleyhc.org

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Just 3 miles south of the Oregon border on Highway 97. Visit our Chamber of Commerce Website at www.BVCC.biz for more information. Page 11 Pioneer Stories: Name: Israel S. Matthews Born in September 1827. History Organized by Jennifer Bryan

Israel S. Mathews is one of my great-great grandfathers, his daughter Fanny was my great-grandmother. I.S. Mathews was born in New Hampshire in September 1827 and he had arrived in Siskiyou County by 1852. Israel and his partner John Fairchild met while traveling to California to seek their fortune in the gold fields. By 1860 he is 30 years of age and he and his partner John Fairchild are farming in Scott Valley. Serving Siskiyou County for 32 years The partnership of Israel Mathews and 412 South Main Street, Yreka, California - CA Lic #516471 John Fairchild lasted about 20 years, but (530) 841-1841 - Show Room (530) 465-2308 - Business their friendship lasted the rest of their lives. They decided that mining was not as profitable as providing beef to the miners. Visit the The partners started as butchers and then started driving cattle into Butte Valley. Eventually, they started ranching in Butte Valley as neighbors. John Fairchild stayed in Butte Valley but after a few years Israel S. Mathews moved back to Scott Valley. John Lisle Israel Mathews married Ann Elizabeth Coffin in Nov 1860, in (530) 842-3989 Scott Valley, Ann was 16 years old. Ann was a child when her family trekked across the plains from the Midwest with her mother 308 W. Miner Street - Yreka, Ca and uncles. Ann’s mother died along the trail in the area of Fort Expert Cuts - Fades - Flat Tops Laramie, Wyoming and her uncles continued on with Ann to California. Israel and Ann Mathews had 10 children together; the first born was named John Fairchild Mathews named after his good friend and neighbor. The second born child was Nature’s my Great Grandmother Frances Mary Mathews, known to most as Fanny. The two oldest children were born in Butte Kitchen Valley the rest of the children were born in Scott Valley. The rest of the children include Ann Elizabeth, Charles Coffin, Henry Stone, Fleming Joseph, William Davidson, James Aloysius, Israel Bartlett (Bart), and Nellie. The The Genealogical Society of children married into other pioneer families of Scott Valley. Two of the girls died young, Ann Elizabeth died at the age Siskiyou County, California — of 2 years and my Great-Grandmother Fanny Bryan died at 912 S. Main Street Cafe the age of 40 years, after marriage to James Patrick Bryan Yreka, California 96097 — and 4 children. (530) 842-0277 Supplements [email protected] — Both Israel and Ann died within a year of their daughter www.siskiyougenealogy.org Gifts Fanny’s passing. Israel and Ann were well loved members Call for Information: 412 S. Main Street of the community and their funerals were attended by a Memberships Research Classes Yreka, CA 96097 large majority of the community. ♦ (530) 842-1136 Page 12 Superhero Run and Walk CHIROPRACTIC Sunday, April 17 beginning at 12 Noon, Greenhorn Park, Yreka, Ca.

For Kids and Adults. Friends, Businesses, Clubs and Service Organizations are encouraged to form a team, dress up and do the 1 Miler, 5K and/or Costume Contest. Registration and info at www.SuperheroRun.SimpleRace.com Every child needs a hero, but an abused child needs a Superhero.

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) trains and supports volunteers in the DONALD G. HILL. D.C. community to advocate for abused and neglected children in Siskiyou county because every neglected or abused child deserves to have a safe, caring and 106 Ranch Lane permanent home. Yreka, CA 96097 (530) 842-6500 Call CASA in Yreka for specific info at (530) 841-0844.

700 S. Main, Suite 4 P.O. Box 1337 Yreka, CA 96097

Office: 530-841-0844 Snow Thorner [email protected] CASA of Siskiyou County siskiyoucasa.org

Page 13 St. Mark’s Preservation Square RON’S Events & Workshops Furniture & Appliance Owners Ron & Dixie Cervelli Facilities are Available for Events! Weddings, Concerts, Group Meetings and more 212 N. Mt. Shasta Blvd. (530) 926-0280 See our website for photos and details: Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 FAX 926-0283 www.yrekapreservation.org St. Mark’s Preservation Square Noah’s Ark Feed Barn 300 Lane Street Food & Supplies for Your Pets Yreka, California 96097 (530) 340-5587 Toys for Your Pets PET TAGS While you Wait 925 Lassen Lane - Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 Open Mon-Fri 9:30 to 5 - Saturdays 10 to 2 (530) 926-6562

College of the Siskiyous Dine In - Take Out - Delivery 800 College Avenue, Weed, California 96094 530-926-2821 (530) 938-5373 www.siskiyous.edu 304 Maple Street - Mt. Shasta, CA 96067

We © KIXE Public TV Redding - Chico www.createtv.com 1508 Fairlane Road (530) 842-6035 www.kixe.org/passport Yreka, CA 96097 www.LesSchwab.com Join and Become a Member today. Page 14 DUNSMUIR RAILROAD DEPOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY DUNSMUIR MUSEUM REOPENS APRIL 2nd AND 16th Coming up is the Depot Society's 8th ANNUAL PIE SOCIAL May 28th beginning at 10 a.m. til pies are The Dunsmuir Railroad Depot Historical Society is pleased to announce sold out. Please contact Phyllis Skalko at 235-0839 the reopening of the DUNSMUIR MUSEUM April 2nd, 10 am to 2 pm, should you wish to donate a pie(s). Last year over on Sacramento Avenue adjacent to the Dunsmuir Amtrak Depot. (For 170 pies were baked, donated and sold out before your information, the 2015 Dunsmuir Amtrak ridership was 6166 with an 2:30. So, come for PIES! annual station revenue of $438,156.) And the DUNSMUIR MUSEUM will be open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays monthly, 10-2, thanks to Depot The Dunsmuir Museum will be open as follows for Society volunteers. RAILROAD DAYS: June 10th 1-4 pm, June 11th 10am-4pm, and June 12th 1-4 pm. Revisit The Depot Society is working to complete the restoration of a track Dunsmuir's rich railroad past in the Museum and see signal light in memory of Past President Anthony Skalko. The signal RAILROAD DAYS tee shirts and buttons on was removed from the train yard south of Dunsmuir when it was display. replaced with the new version of signals. SEE PAGE 38 FOR MORE DUNSMUIR EVENTS! A little bit of history here: The historic railroad searchlight signal features a single lamp focused through a lens system. Inside the head a miniature semaphore-like mechanism changes aspects by moving colored filters in front of the lamp. These searchlight signals replaced 2016 Events – Mark your Calendar the early semaphore signals and were in place for over 60 years. Now we see the three light track signals which have replaced them. These lights are the railroad traffic lights which control railroad traffic and prevent accidents. April 2 & 16: Museum reopens May 28th: 8th Annual Pie Social June 10 - 12: RAILROAD DAYS Dunsmuir Museum

Located at the ounded in 1894 by Dunsmuir’s first mayor, Amtrak Depot Corner of Pine Alexander Levy, and continuing today as a & Sacramento blend of the traditional small town mercantile Dunsmuir, Ca and a modern TRUE VALUE hardware store. DunsmuirDepot.com pen Every Day 5836 Dunsmuir Ave., Revisit the past in this historic railroad town. Major credit cards accepted Dunsmuir, Ca (530) 235-4539 Museum open 1st and 3rd Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm, www.dunsmuirhardware.com and during town events. Page 15 Art of Survival Century Bicycle Celebrate America’s National Parks Centennial !! Ride - Come & Ride or Just to Enjoy! Even if you don’t want to ride a bicycle in this event, Come Share in the Festivities This year’s ride has an inspiring and amazing historical event to ê and Learn & Enjoy some cool Stuff!! ê honor – our National Parks 100th Anniversary. You may have heard about the National FIND YOUR PARKS campaign—well look no Also we are having a BICYCLE RODEO more, we found your parks right here in Northern California and the day of the event, put on by the California Southern Oregon. Join us as we explore two parks on May 28, 2016 at the Art of Survival Century Bicycle Ride. This event is set in one Highway Patrol for the children. Come Out of the most beautiful, remote and undiscovered part of Siskiyou with your kids and bring bikes and of course County, California and Klamath County, Oregon. and bring your helmets. The ride weaves through rich farmland and incredible wetland areas with a vast array of birds, wildlife and springtime wild flowers. It follows the historical landmarks that were part of an event that Japanese American Internment Camp survivors and their families make a pilgrimage to honor every other year. Both the 100 and 45 mile routes go into the Lava Beds National Monument which has an unparalleled volcanic landscape with towering cinder cones, expansive black lava flows and more than 700 lava tube caves. The park also has a rich cultural history, containing thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs, as well as the major battlefields of the Modoc Indian War.

Page 16 Art of Survival Century Bike Ride Continued from Page 16 Quality Custom Homes - Remodel - Repair - Design The ride begins and ends at the Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds in Serving The State of Jefferson for 40 years Tulelake, which has numerous visitor services available including a museum of local history, WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument Visitor Center, which is open to riders on Friday, May 27, 8:30am-5pm and 8:30am-5pm on Saturday May 28th. RV/Campsites and on-site (530) 227-5897 restroom and shower facilities. Camping with/without full hookups is PO Box 64 available at the fairgrounds for $15-$18 per night. Payment can be made Castella, CA 96017 for one to three nights at time of arrival. The Century ride has six strategically placed rest stops and the 45 Michael D. Swords - Contractor Lic 951813 mile ride has three. The rest stops will be fully stocked with healthy [email protected] snacks, drinks, restrooms, and five out of the six will have an educational component that we encourage all riders to experience. For instance learn about the Tule Lake Segregation Center where 18,000 Japanese Americans were held, Captain Jack’s Stronghold a Modoc Indian War site, and the Tulelake National Wildlife Refuge. The Malin Park stop for the Century riders will have a healthy and relaxing lunch. There will be a post ride meal and festivities at the Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds at the finish line from 1pm to 5pm. Special celebration activities For all your plumbing, electrical, are planned for participants and the surrounding communities. The well & pump services California Highway Patrol will host a Bicycle Rodeo for the children. Raffle prizes for our registered riders will also be awarded. “Sandwiches are our Specialty!” All participants are encouraged to attend a pre-ride reception on Friday evening, May 27, from 4:30-6:30 pm at the Discover Klamath Klander’s Deli Office in Klamath Falls to pick up ride packets, visit with other cyclists 211 South Oregon Street and plan other activities for the weekend. On Saturday morning, May 28 at 7:00 am, registration begins at the Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds Yreka CA 96097 for packet pick up and late registration for all routes. Remember that helmets are required for this ride so make sure you bring them with you. This incredible and awe inspiring area promotes a ride experience you (530) 842-3806 and your family and friends will not forget. Come celebrate with us! Register today at www.survivalcentury.com ♦

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Page 17 Discovering The State of Jefferson By Gail Jenner – Enjoy another new story of the many historical towns and areas scattered throughout The State of Jefferson. In May– just in time to honor the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service– my latest nonfiction book will be released. HISTORIC REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS, being published by Lyons Press (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield), is a somewhat more personal kind of "history" book. Broken into topical chapters, the book chronicles the area we now know as the Redwood National and State Parks. In some ways it encompasses more than just the immediate history of the actual park, but in planning the outline, my editors and I felt the subject required a look at the evolving history of the area as well as the more specific creation of the park. As I point out in the Introduction to the book, "when you truly get off the beaten track and immerse yourself in the deep shade and overwhelmingly peaceful and stunning world found within, under, and around the Tall Trees, it takes your breath away...They speak of time—and the passage of time. Some are six hundred years old; some are a thousand years old. A few are, perhaps, two thousand years old. Some stand over 350 feet tall, with a girth of 15 or 20 feet. Whatever their height or breadth, however, they are magnificent. They are awe-inspiring, and they speak of a past cloaked in mystery and rich history." In fact, Redwood National and State Parks is really four parks that fall under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS) while cooperatively managed by NPS and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR). Four of California’s northern counties—Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Sonoma—are home to 88 percent of the surviving coastal redwoods. Though redwood forests once covered over two million acres, today Redwood National Park, in conjunction with three California State Redwood Parks—Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park— currently protect 131,983 acres (federal: 71,715; state: 60,268). Out of that, old growth forest acreage totals 38,982 acres (federal: 19,640; state: 19,342). After the initial purchase of 166 acres, which became Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in 1923, and the eventual creation of Redwood National Park in 1968, conservationists as well as a concerned public have continued to push for greater protection of California’s redwoods. Moreover, today the National Park Service’s goal of preservation is linked to its secondary, long-range goal of restoration.

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Merriam, president of the Save-the-Redwoods League from 1921 to 1944 wrote, "While, through contrasts of their seemingly fantastic architecture, ancient castles may tell us of other ages, living trees like these connect us as by hand-touch with all the centuries they have known." HISTORIC REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS is available online, in both paperback and eformats, but will also be available locally or in independent bookstores. The historic photographs included in the book are from personal collections and other sources and are scattered throughout the fifteen chapters contained within the collection of essays and narrative text. Some of the chapters from the volume include titles such as these: Those Amazing Redwoods: How They Came to Be; The Earth That Moves On Call 24-Hours 7 Days a Week Beneath the Trees; How Native Americans’ Roots Are Connected to - Oxygen the Redwoods; First - Lift Chairs Contact: How Life in the - Wheel Chairs Forest Began to Change; - Hospital Beds Gold Brings Men and - Walkers Naturopathy - Sales & Rentals Violence to the Redwood - Local Service Most Insurances Billed Country; Logging: How the Redwoods Became a Scott Valley Respiratory Home Care, Inc. Corporate Office Source of Wealth; Chiropractic 1714 South Oregon Street - Yreka, CA 96097 - (530) 841-3000 Staking a Claim: HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - LOCALLY OWNED Ranching and Farming, Then and Now; The Redwood Highway Cuts a Path through the Trees; Redwood National Park 3 J’s Deli & Is Established; The Story of Fire in the Forest; and more. 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Water is running over the By Judy Sartor of spillway at Lake Mount Shasta Lily Quilt Guild Siskiyou, and Shasta Lake nears Siskiyou County Fiber Arts Show its crest. My neighbor went Siskiyou County has many fiber artists. Creative opportunities fishing at Shasta Lake. He parked his wife's car-- abound. And if you are a fiber artist, Weston's Quilt Shop in Mt. that's an important detail--near the shore. When he Shasta City provides the perfect opportunity to display your returned four hours later, the lake level had risen creativity at the annual Siskiyou County Fiber Arts Show. six feet. And you guessed it: there sat his wife's The entry deadline is June 17 and the show runs this summer gleaming white Prius on a small island surrounded from June 22 to July 19. The venue is Snow Creek Studio in Mt. by water. Now this fisherman is lucky: he was able Shasta City. There will be a reception during the Art Walk on to drive carefully to the new shore. June 24. Further information and applications are available at The Hammond ditch runs through another Weston's. This is a juried show. friend's property. It is roaring now, of course. They So what fits in the category of fiber arts? I've had my own are able to divert part of that water to a gully which questions about that. My best advice is to look around and open runs into the Shasta River. Creativity flows like your eyes for inspiration. Do you quilt? Do you knit or weave? water through our particular corner of the world. Do you collect the detritus of forest and field? Do you play with Here's to the channeling of that creativity! wool, fur, leaves, palm fibers, or dried fern fronds? Are you somehow outside of that square hole? Do you look at the world just a bit from the side or with a different focus and play with– BITS AND PIECES: well, fibers? Then this show is for you! "Gotcha Covered" QUILT SHOWS OF 2016 Scott Valley Quilters' Guild

April 22-24: Quilters Sew-ciety of Redding, "Feather Your While you enjoy the marvels of Spring, include "Gotcha Own Nest with Quilts," Shasta District Fairgrounds, Anderson; Covered," the quilt show organized by the Scott Valley Quilters' note, sub group of Art Quilts Guild on May 21 at the Fort Jones Community Center (11960 East May 21: Scott Valley Quilt Show, Etna, "Gotcha Covered," Street in Fort Jones). Featured Quilter Kathy Durret This quilt show is a fundraiser for scholarships awarded to June 22-July 19: Siskiyou County Fiber Arts Show, Snow eligible Scott Valley high school graduates. As such, A Country Creek Studio, Mt. Shasta Store offers beautiful pieces for sale. But more important are the August 12-14: Hayfork Log Cabin Quilters, Trinity County many quilts that will be displayed. The quilters of Scott Valley are Fairgrounds, Featured Quilter Angenett Taft a talented bunch. September 3-4: Mount Shasta Lily Quilt Guild, "Quilting Born and raised in Scott Valley, Kathy Durret is this year's Around the Mountain," Mt. Shasta High School Gymnasium, featured quilter. Between raising a family and a long career as a Featured Quilter Don Linn Nurse at Fairchild Medical Center, Kathy found time to start October 1: Pacific Flyway Quilters, "Farm + Fabric = Family," quilting in 1980. Her first quilt was the Broken Star, and she loves Colusa County Fairgrounds to use stars and points in her quilts. Naturally Kathy has made October 1-2: Oroville Piecemakers quilts for her three children, as well as for her five grandchildren. But she did not stop there. Added to her repertoire are comfort quilts– gifts from the heart– for Veterans and for children in need. Appliqué and hand quilting are also favorite techniques. Watch for Kathy's appliquéd wall hanging with dogwoods. Retirement has given Kathy more time to quilt, of course, but Nicest Quality Antiques, Art, 24 hours a day is never enough! Kathy has a great sewing room that could double as a store with her accumulated fabric stash. Furniture, Home Furnishings, Like many of us, she never knows when she will need that special Collectibles, Dishes & Much More..... piece of blue fabric with yellow flowers. And Kathy has her own 909 S. Mt. Shasta Blvd. & set of UFO's, numbering about twenty. Kathy enjoys the Patricia Lougee outdoors, and for Kathy, that means that she actually takes her 1023 Ream Ave, Mt. Shasta, CA Owner/Operator machine and supplies outdoors. Interesting. Phone/Fax (530) 926-2710 For the future, Kathy would like to take up long-arm quilting. Cell (650) 576-8097 And there are always fabrics, threads and patterns to discover! [email protected] T-F 10-5 and Sat 11-5 Good job, Kathy! www.2ndChanceConsignments.com (Michele Estrada contributed content for this article. Page 20 NEW LOCAL ART GALLERY!! Mount Shasta Lily Quilt Guild Project Linus - Quilting Workshops Sew Days on 1st Wednesday of the Month

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Page 26 Regional Cycling Event Schedule

Anderson Century May 21, 2016 www.andersoncentury.com Anderson, CA Art of Survival Century www.survivalcentury.com Tulelake, CA and May 28, 2016 See AD and Story on Page 6 Klamath Falls, OR Castle Crag Century June 18, 2016 www.castlecragscentury.com Mt. Shasta, CA Humbug Hurry Up June 25, 2016 www.jeffersonmountainbike.com/hhu/ Yreka, CA Mt. Shasta Summit Century Stay tuned... www.mtshastasummitcentury.com/ Mt. Shasta, CA Siskiyou Century September 10, 2016 www.yrekarotary.com/siskiyou-century-2-2/2014-ride-info/ Mt. Shasta, CA McCloud BikeToberfest September 24, 2016 www.mccloudchamber.com/bike-tober McCloud, CA

Coos Douglas

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Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity

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Page 27 “TALES FROM THE TRAIL” Stories by One Badass Musher: April Cox

(continued from March 2016) 15 miles to Nome… Maybe someday I will be there. But, right now I just needed to get to Fergi Ski Park and cross under the arch there and finish this 100 mile race. We had almost messed up that www.SNDD.org chance again back at that section of trail. Now we were back on track. I have been to a few races where there were hills that never seemed to end. I will never refer to them as “never-ending hills” again as this one seemed as if it was going on forever. I certainly don’t recall it being this long or steep on our way down. The wind was still hammering me and the dogs, pelting the snow into our faces. I kept telling myself and the dogs that once we got to the turn, the rest should be a piece of cake as we had done the last 15 miles twice before. It was a nice thought. Finally, there it was! Up ahead was the big yellow sign, indicating our turn onto the final loop. We needed to turn right. As we got close, I called out the command GEE. The dogs already had it in their mind that we should go HAW (left) as that was the way back AND it was the way we had come. Their memories are amazing! They only need to travel a trail once, and they know it. So when I was asking them to go the “wrong” way, they balked. Again I said, “GEE,” with a bit more firmness in my voice. Finally, they reluctantly obeyed and off we went. In my mind this trail should have been relatively flat with mostly downhill and My dream is to own a cute little light weight Vintage one decent climb. Trailer...... If you have one you would like to sell, When training at home, there are a few different options of trails (roads) and often I will have the dogs run past the turn to go home and go up please call (530) 640-0100. Thanks! –Editor the road a mile or so, then turn around and go on home. This helps instill good behavior in command training just for cases such as this. Dogs, not unlike horses, can become barn sour, so training them to “run past the truck” or their yard or driveway really is important. All Natural Awesome So in my mind, the rest of the run should have been fairly Beef & Pork, Sandwiches easy. NOT! We had never done the trail counter clockwise and we Organic Poultry. & BBQ... were in for some real surprises. The first stretch is sided with some smaller trees which were more like large bushes of some sort. The wind had been wreaking havoc and branches littered the trail. This was not very good for my sled runners, being a softer plastic. Gouges on them make it more difficult to slide easy across the snow. We made it through that section with no incidents and started the climb…. Where did this hill come from? I certainly don’t recall it being this steep (downhill) going the other direction. We got to the top and the dogs were obviously in need of a break. So I stopped the team and hooked down for a rest. The dogs all immediately lay down. This wind and snow was really taking its toll on them. I walked up and checked each dog over individually making sure none of them were having any issues. Gave each dog a massage and when I got done with the leaders, I sat down in front of them and we all Come See Us! Now 2 Locations: took a nap. At this point I had no idea what time it even was. My 488 S. Weed Blvd. 175 N 1st Street thermometer gadget kept switching over to 24hr time and my brain Weed, CA 96094 Central Point, OR 97502 was not registering with that format. I would push the button to switch it back but the time it would show just did not (530) 938-0203 (541) 664-0727 seem like it was accurate. So I would pull out my cell Eric Montgomery - [email protected] phone and look at it. I really only brought it along for the camera. There was no service out there. Page 28 Tales from the Trail Continued from Page 28

But even it was showing a time that was different from my gadget. (I found out later that the ridge I was on was very close to the we believe. time-zone line for Mountain Time and cell phones tend to pick it up out there). When the dogs all started moving around, some of them stretching and rolling on their backs in the snow, I figured they were about ready to get going again. I walked back to the sled and got some snacks out of my bag and gave each a chunk of meat. That was it, now we were ready to get moving again. We no sooner got going when one of my leaders decided he didn’t want to lead. He was tired. The lead-dog position is a mentally tough one and so it is nice to have a few different leaders to give others a break. “Rhythm” was tired of this he said. So I hooked down again and walked up and switched him with “Chamber.” “Tyty” seemed like he was still good to go so I walked back, pulled the snowhook out of the snow and off we went. Not a few hundred feet ahead and suddenly the trail was almost non-existent. The wind had drifted it almost completely over along the ridge. The dogs plowed 2016 SSCC on through the drifts until we got to one that was a good 4 feet deep. I stopped the team, if they were to go around it, we would surely Autocross Schedule slide down the edge of the hillside to no end. I set my snowhook and Jackson Sports Park scooted alongside the team. There was barely room alongside them, White City, Oregon let alone the sled. It had been scraping the side of the snowbank up to this point. I managed to get in front of the team and stomped through Spring Enduro March 25-27 the drift to break out some sort of trail for the dog to hopefully Event #1 April 15-17 follow. It was about 20 feet or so to the drop off where the trail was Event #2 May 20-22 once again passable. I made my way back to the team where they Cascade Lakes Hillclimb June 10-12 were all staring at me in awe. Then I made my way back to the sled, Event #3 June 17-19 pulled the hook and called them up. My hope was they would follow Event # 4 July 15-17 the trail I had made. SUCCESS! They made their way up and over the drift and down we went back onto the trail. I was so proud of Event # 5 August 12-14 them! Event # 6 September 9-11 We headed on down the hill and as we went around the Fall Enduro October 7-9 corner I could hear snowmobiles. “What?” I thought. As they got www.ssccmedford.org closer I decided to just stop and wait for them to pass me where I was as the trail was fairly clear and wide at this spot. Soon they came into view and approached me. But instead of passing, they stopped just behind me and walked up to me with huge smiles on their faces. “We are so glad to see you!” They said. I replied to them, “Am I not supposed to be going this way? I was just following the arrows you RMEF Upcoming guys put out for us.” They laughed and explained to me that Big Game Banquets apparently my GPS SPOT tracker was not sending out a signal as it was supposed to and they had no idea where I was. The trail breakers State of Jefferson Region and sweep crew had followed my friend Hugo’s trail up to the sno- park back where I had almost went straight instead of turning. He had ended up there and scratched from the race at that point. But my Location Date Contact Phone tracks had since been blown over by the snow and they didn’t realize Fortuna, CA 4/2/16 (707) 764-3325 that I had found my way to the correct trail and was still on course. Grants Pass, OR 4/2/16 (541) 660-8822 They had hoped to find me before I got on this loop as they Medford, OR 4/2/16 (541) 878-3699 knew the conditions were bad and they were going to have me just Weaverville, CA 4/9/16 (530) 515-3321 head on it and not do it. They called into home base to report that I Yreka, CA 5/14/16 (530) 340-0667 was on track and well into the loop. So one of them went ahead to Crescent City, CA 6/4/16 (707) 951-4332 re-break the trail out for me and the team and the others stayed behind to sweep. Sweep crew just follows the last musher at a safe distance to Contact Mike Ford for more info at 888-771-2021 make sure we make it in ok and to pick up trail markers on www.RMEF.org the last day of the race. They had already re-routed the racers for the shorter race so I was the last one to do this loop. Page 29 Tales from the Trail Continued from Page 29 We made our way slowly as all of us were wiped out, physically and mentally. We finally made it to a spot where we The 200 mile racers were still out on the trail but the just had to stop again. I walked up to my leaders and sat down. I decision was made to not have them go on it. honestly didn’t think we were going to finish. So off we went and we continued on our way. With a fairly The sweep crew came up and asked me what was wrong. I fresh trail we were actually making good progress. That is until we told them we were just wiped out and needed to rest. The crew got up to the flats at the summit. The area was a bit more open and radioed in to let them know the situation. I asked them how the wind was nasty. Even though the trail-breaker had just gone much farther we had to go. Only one and a half miles… ahead of us, the trail was drifting back over that quickly. My good “REALLY?” I said out loud. When we were ready to go, I tried a leaders did an awesome job with my help and we made our way to few other dogs up front with “Tyty” but no one was up to it. the end of the loop. I was never so happy to see the sign pointing the Finally, I put “Rhythm” back up there and told him we only have way to the checkpoint. As we passed by the tent we stopped for a a short distance to go. He wagged his tail and jumped forward moment to report in and give them my drop tags and then continued indicating he was up to it again. Off we went. on our way. Only about 9 miles left to go. We topped the hill, went around a couple of corners and there it was, the turn to head back down to the ski-park. This was our first time using this route and I remembered it being fairly challenging going up so going down was going to be even more interesting. We made the turns dropping down, including a very steep part in which I had to put both feet on the brake to keep the sled from over-running the dogs. Around one last corner and there was a small group of people. They were clapping and cheering for us as we neared the finish line. I could feel tears welling in my eyes and rolling down on my windblown cheeks. We did it! We finished the 100 miles which ended up actually being 110… I was so proud of my team! All those hours, miles, years of training paid off. Now I need to plan for next year. I need to beat my time! I know we can do it faster. I got the team down the last little but steep hill to the Gorgeous happy sled dogs. Photo by April Cox. truck and, with the help of everyone around, I got the dogs unhooked from the gangline and got them some food and water. The race officials trigh waited patiently and r t then we checked my ’ sled for mandatory o s gear. I was officially a finisher of the Eagle C Cap Extreme 100 miler! At the banquet the following night, I was awarded 2nd place Market & Deli with a beautiful trophy and a $500 check! Hours: Then, I was also Mon-Sat 7am to 8pm awarded The Red Lantern which honors Sunday 8am to 7pm the last finisher!!! I was really only expecting that one so 24 HOUR FUELING - Open 7 days a Week receiving both was just simply amazing! 250 E. Webb Street - Montague, CA 96064 28 hours and 1 (530) 459-3414 minute. ♦ Locally Owned & Operated

Page 30 HISTORICAL MARKERs of our region

Collier Logging Museum overnight, the computerized cutting operation suffered a power outage ruining the plaque saw blade. Recovering The Plaques of E Clampus Vitus from this fiasco, a steel sheet was obtained and a replica Umpqua Joe No. 1859 & Humbug Chapter No. 73 saw blade was cut out. It was on this second try steel sheet The forty third in a continuing series of articles that the actual plaque history script was cut. Although a prepared by Bill Wensrich terrific plaque ensued, the Chapter learned how easy it is to “If you ain’t plaque’n, then you ain’t Clampin’” go way over their historical monument erection budget. Master craftsman Glenn Hearrell and his work crew Living History Day at the Collier Logging Museum was the date mounted the saw blade plaque on an ingenious wooden Oregon’s E Clampus Vitus Umpqua Joe Chapter set for their 2012 frame of fir logs that compliments the Logging Museum summer Doin’s and historical monument dedication. Robby “Fosdick” theme. The redwood slab on which the plaque replica saw Robinson, second Humbug (club president) of the Chapter was hell blade is mounted was obtained in Gasquet, California near bent to erect three plaques during his term and establish an Umpqua Joe Crescent City on the coast. Chapter plaque presence in counties other than Josephine. The old Saturday, June 17, 2011 the dedication ceremony was abandoned Spring Creek campground just north of Klamath Falls was held. Park Ranger Joel Brain, civilians and plenty of selected as the June weekend Clampsite. Located at famous Spring Redshirts were on hand. “Molar” Mike Johnson, a friend of Creek headwaters, mosquitos were found in record numbers. Glenn’s from the Billy Holcomb Chapter, prepared the Nonetheless, intrepid Redshirts camped and Clamped without historical keepsake event handout. The next day the park complaint and a lot of DEET®. hosted Living History Day where period re-enactors demonstrated various logging practices and the use of old Pre Industrial Era Logging equipment. To view this plaque take Highway 97 40 miles north of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Turn left into the Collier State Park Museum parking lot. There on the left hand side you will find the ECV historical monument. While you’re there enjoy a picnic lunch, walk along Spring Creek and tour the outdoor museum. It will be an enjoyable day well worth your time. And what did the Clampers say to conclude the plaque dedication? A hearty “What say the Brethren?” was followed by an even more emphatic “Satisfactory!” ♦

Plaque Text: The Collier Logging Museum is located within the boundaries of Collier Memorial State Park. Two brothers, Alfred and Andrew Collier, donated 146 acres to the state of Oregon to create a park honoring their parents. Located at the junction of Spring Creek and the Williamson River, the locale offers campers an idyllic retreat. The outdoor museum includes interesting, rare, and representative logging artifacts. At the museum a window of time provides views of logging practices and technology that affected the development of this region and its culture. A tour through the grounds provides visitors with a glimpse of how logging evolved from using horses, oxen, and felling axes to modern diesel tractors and trucks. Glenn Hearrell, Chapter founder and Old Prospector, talked to Klamath County representatives who suggested ECV plaque the Logging Museum. Robby dug up logging museum information and visited the museum on Living History Day in 2011. Working with Oregon State Park staff, he obtained their approval to set the plaque using a logging theme for the historical monument. A friend of Robby’s suggested he use an old saw blade and have a welder cut out the script on the blade face. An old 36 inch logging mill circular saw blade was obtained from a collector in Lakeside, Oregon. A computer program was used to cut the wording. Operating

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In the days to come – before the upcoming dance – Verna’s young friends told her she was asking for trouble accepting Raymond’s invitation and cautioned her to break the date. But the words of caution just made Verna resolve to go ahead with it. She was used to dealing with a schoolroom full of rough and tumble youngsters and was confident that she could deal with Raymond. After all – he was a handsome young man and perhaps his reputation made her feel attracted to him. Just a little bit. When the big night came, Raymond arrived at Verna’s parents’ home a bit early. He had spent the entire day preparing his father’s buggy and favorite horse, and they nearly glowed with the attention he had given them. The horse had been brushed and combed to perfection. The harness leather and reins were glistening black and the buckles, rings and snaps brilliantly polished. The buggy itself was spotless clean from front to back. Each of the spokes in the four wheels sparkled and his mother’s favorite lap robe was carefully folded on the leather seat. Raymond set the brake, climbed down from the buggy and nervously presented himself at the front door. His shoes were polished, his Sunday go-to-meeting best tweed suit was carefully pressed and his unruly hair was slicked down. When Verna’s father opened the door he was pleasantly surprised at the young man’s appearance. Verna was ready to go when Raymond arrived. Her ankle length dress was fashionable and with her hair neatly tied back she did not appear as a “school-marm” but as a sophisticated and lovely young lady. After a bit of pleasant conversation with Verna’s parents the couple stepped out. They walked to the waiting buggy and when Raymond offered his hand, Verna accepted it and stepped up into the buggy. During the ride to the Grange hall on the other side of town, their conversation was pleasant but a bit nervous. A number of their friends were already there and as they stepped into the hall they soon Verna Rutledge McCloud married Raymond Welton McCloud relaxed in the pleasant surroundings. in 1914. She was in her 90s when this photo was taken. The refreshment table was attractively arranged with a large punch bowl and an assortment of cookies, cakes and candies. Raymond filled cups for each of them and as they balanced plates of goodies, they blended in with others who were waiting for the music to start. Raymond recognized all of the musicians – friends and neighbors he had played with. Guitar, fiddle, string bass and banjo began to blend into the popular songs of the day. Dancing couples soon moved into the center of the floor, Eagle Creek Electrical Design Services, Inc. Raymond and Verna among them. And so the evening passed, with laughter and dancing and refreshments. Throughout it all, Raymond Computer Aided Design - Drafting & Detailing was polite and respectful. Verna laughed at his jokes and Raymond was Full Service Electrical Design attentive to her enjoyment. When a couple of Raymond’s friends suggested that they step outside for some stronger “punch” Raymond declined and Michael Ash - (530) 468-2671 - www.eceds.com stayed by Verna’s side. And so the evening passed, and as midnight approached, couples began to drift away. Raymond suggested that they should leave as he didn’t want to get Verna home too late. The buggy ride to her home was magical. A Dennis Moore full moon had risen and Raymond’s mother’s lap robe kept the Verna from (530) 598-0359 feeling a chill although the night was warm. Crickets sang by the roadside Yreka, California as they passed by. When they reached Verna’s home, Raymond set the [email protected] brake and they sat in silence for a moment – savoring the beautiful night and the pleasant time they had enjoyed. After a bit, Verna turned to — Raymond and said, “Raymond, I’ve enjoyed this evening very much and I Salmon — want to thank you and also to tell you what a perfect gentleman you have Trout been.” Raymond thought about this for just a moment and then replied, —Steelhead “You’re not in the house yet.” ♦ Page 37 DUNSMUIR UPCOMING EVENTS:

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